"Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by" Topic

This story shall the good man teach his son;
And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remember'd;
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition:
And gentlemen in England now a-bed
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.

Saw it mentioned on Ace should have know it would be posted already here.

So when is the 600th anniversary? With the adoption of the Julian calendar I calculate its around the 1st November?

Deo gratias Anglia redde pro victoria![England, give thanks to God for victory!]

Owre Kynge went forth to NormandyWith grace and myght of chyvalryTher God for hym wrought mervelusly;Wherefore Englonde may call and cry

Chorus: Deo gratias!Deo gratias Anglia redde pro victoria!

He sette sege, forsothe to say,To Harflu towne with ryal aray;That toune he wan and made afrayThat Fraunce shal rewe tyl domesday.

Chorus: Deo gratias!Deo gratias Anglia redde pro victoria!

Then went hym forth, owre king comely,In Agincourt feld he faught manly;Throw grace of God most marvelsuly,He had both feld and victory.ChorusTher lordys, erles and baroneWere slayne and taken and that full soon,Ans summe were broght into LundoneWith joye and blisse and gret renone.

Chorus: Deo gratias!Deo gratias Anglia redde pro victoria!

Almighty God he keep owre kynge,His peple, and alle his well-wyllynge,And give them grace wythoute endyng;Then may we call and savely syng:

Chorus: Deo gratias!Deo gratias Anglia redde pro victoria!

The Agincourt Carol

I fully expected one or more Agincourt "refights" on the tabletop to be reported here. "I'm waitiiiing!"

English Thegn, that carol is beautiful. Thank you for sharing that.

Beautifully done.

Daryl, Old Wolfman,

It was my pleasure. Thank you for your kind comments.

We had our annual Azincourt dinner yesterday. 16 of us went to the re-fight in July over a long weekend, and re-convened with many pals to toast St Crispin.

Our (very)small town is twinned with Azincourt.The locals are fantastic. Most are Flemish by blood, and refer to the French as 'they'! This is chips and beer territory, so the cultural victory is as sweet as the military one.